US set to execute prisoner by nitrogen gas for first time

US set to execute prisoner by nitrogen gas for first time

Alabama is set to become the first US state to use nitrogen gas to execute a prisoner on death row. It will be the second time the state has tried to execute Kenneth Smith - after a lethal injection failed in 2022. Smith was convicted for his role in a 1988 murder for hire plot. Our US correspondent Kate Fisher reports.

January 26, 2024 19

World

Four months in jail for Navarro found guilty of contempt of U.S. Congress

Peter Navarro, long-time trade advisor to former U.S. President Donald Trump, was sentenced to four months in jail on Thursday. He'd been found guilty of two counts of contempt of Congress for not appearing at a January 6th committee hearing. Caroline Malone reports from Washington.

January 26, 2024 22